Based on ASEAN Gender Outlook, several ASEAN member countries experience 25 percent increase on women's role on managerial level. Despite the increase, women in ASEAN still face several challenges such as the lack of supportive environment as well as limited access to the skill needed in order to be a prospective leader.  In this episode, we conversed with Agatha Lydia Natania, the Executive Director of ASEAN Youth Organization, to discuss about the importance of women's role in ASEAN and how the youth can contribute to increase women's role in leadership.

How do we empower young people in disaster risk reduction to enhance Indonesia's resilience from disaster? In this episode, we conversed with M. Habib Abiyan Dzakwan, a Researcher at Disaster Management Research Unit, Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) Indonesia.

From plastic waste to air pollution, environmental issues are indeed one of the most pressing issues. However, in order to solve such issues, it needs a huge participation, regardless of age or nation. In this episode, we conversed with Ivana Suradja, Head of AYO Enviro. We discussed about the history of AYO Enviro and the importance of youth participation on environmental issues.

The Asia-Pacific region is home to 52 percent (or approximately 285 million) of the global economically active youth population. However, 30.4 million of the region’s 15-to-24 year-olds are unemployed (GERA, 2019). Moreover, youth who are employed tend to have very low incomes. Young people need to be creating employment for themselves, through small and medium scale or high growth enterprises that employ others. However, young entrepreneurs face significant barriers in creating start-ups, as they lack mentors as well as business and management skills, while financial constraints, funding and access to markets are also lacking (Lim & Grant, 2014). In this episode, we conversed with Muhammad Hafiz Waliyuddin, the CEO of Angkuts Indonesia to discuss about making a Start-Up.

In the past, the participation of women in the STEM field has been minimal at best. Even until today, in Indonesia, only 1 out 3 STEM workers are women (BPS Indonesia, 2020). The STEM field is often perceived as a field that is designed not for women. The good news is, in recent years, more and more women are joining the field be it as scientists or leaders in the field. In this episode of AYO Indonesia Talks, we conversed with Lakshita Aliva Zein, the CMO of Banoo Inovasi Indonesia to discuss about women's participation in the STEM field.

Education has been increasingly seen as a way to elevate people's lives. Pursuing education abroad is now chosen as one of the many options that much of the young Indonesians choose as a way to broaden their perspective, besides gaining new knowledge. Today, about 35,000 Indonesians are studying abroad. Some challenges faced by Indonesians who are studying abroad are quite diverse, ranging from the lack of exposure to information on education institutions to opportunities to pursue them abroad. In this episode, AYO Indonesia Talks invites Ajie Nayaka Nikicio, who is currently pursuing a Master's degree in System Design and Management at MIT.